LOS ANGELES -- Janet Jackson has signed on as an executive producer of a documentary on the lives of transgender people living around the world.
New York-based Brainchild Films announced Monday that Jackson was working on Truth and would do some of the on-camera interviews. The documentary begins production this summer and will focus on the lives and struggles of transgender persons.
Jackson writes in a statement that she is working on the project to try to stop discrimination of the transgender community. The 46-year-old sister of Michael Jackson has starred in several films and won five Grammy Awards.
Truth will be directed by Robert Jason, who previously directed a documentary for The Style Network on four transgender New Yorkers.
First Published June 6, 2012, 4:00 a.m.